UFC officials announced the booking Friday following an initial
report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. UFC 167 serves as the Las
Vegas-based organization’s 20th anniversary card and is headlined
by a welterweight title showdown between Georges St.
Pierre and Johny
Hendricks. The Nov. 16 show takes place at the Mandalay Bay
Events Center in Las Vegas and will also see Chael Sonnen
clash with Rashad
Evans in a light heavyweight co-headliner.

Overeem joined the UFC in 2011 to much fanfare but has thus far
produced just a 1-2 Octagon record. Though the heavyweight debuted
in impressive fashion against Brock
Lesnar, “The Demolition Man” was sidelined last year after
failing a random drug test ahead of a planned title shot at UFC
146. Overeem was suspended nine months and returned to the Octagon
this past February, when he was knocked out by Antonio
Silva at UFC 156. That same result would later be replicated by
Hawaiian prospect Travis
Browne, who rallied back from an early knockdown to finish
Overeem last month at UFC Fight Night 26.

Meanwhile, Mir rides a three-fight losing streak into his matchup
with the massive Dutchman. The former UFC heavyweight champion came
up short in his bid to recapture the title last year against
Junior dos
Santos and was then outpointed by Daniel
Cormier before suffering a first-round technical knockout to
the returning Josh Barnett
this past Saturday at UFC 164. Prior to his recent skid, Mir had
won three straight fights, besting Mirko
Filipovic, AntonioRodrigo
Nogueira and Roy Nelson
from 2010 to 2011.